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TIL a public treasurer lost $1.2m of a Michigan county’s money to a Nigerian email scam

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P15ve TIL During World War II, a Pennsylvania dentist proposed to President Roosevelt to bomb Japan with timed explosives attached to thousands of bats.
6EAl7 TIL: According to a dietitian, pizza is a healthier breakfast than sugary cereal. An average pizza slice and a bowl of cereal with whole milk contains about the same amount of calories. However, pizza has more protein, which will keep you full and boost satiety throughout the morning.
GxaN TIL: Since 1968 a man with a rake would wake up early every day and hurriedly collect $1,000 from the Trevi Fountain in Rome, he was only caught in 2002.
Bm7K TIL Canadians graduate with more student debt than Americans on average, despite far lower tuition rates
p8G54 TIL: An Indian will spend one-fifth of their life's earning on a wedding ceremony